Production of interleukin 22 but not interleukin 17 by a subset of human skin-homing memory T cells
Production of interleukin 22 but not interleukin 17 by a subset of human skin-homing memory T cells
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DOI:
10.1038/ni.1767
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发表时间:
2009-08-01
影响因子:
30.5
通讯作者:
Sallusto, Federica
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作者:
Duhen, Thomas;Geiger, Rebekka;Sallusto, Federica
Interleukin 22 (IL-22) is a cytokine produced by the T-H-17 lineage of helper T cells and NK-22 subset of natural killer cells that acts on epithelial cells and keratinocytes and has been linked to skin homeostasis and inflammation. Here we characterize a population of human skin-homing memory CD4(+) T cells that expressed the chemokine receptors CCR10, CCR6 and CCR4 and produced IL-22 but neither IL-17 nor interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Clones isolated from this population produced IL-22 only and had low or undetectable expression of the T-H-17 and T helper type 1 (T(H)1) transcription factors ROR gamma t and T-bet. The differentiation of T cells producing only IL-22 was efficiently induced in naive T cells by plasmacytoid dendritic cells in an IL-6- and tumor necrosis factor-dependent way. Our findings delineate a previously unknown subset of human CD4(+) effector T cells dedicated to skin pathophysiology.